Foundry says they’ve seen decrease in youth participation amidst pandemic

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According to Cailleaux there are several reasons Foundry has seen a decrease in participation, such as youth putting off their needs due to being home more, the lack of in-person programs provided by the organization and the decrease in referrals from schools due to them closing in-class teaching at the end of the 2020 school year.

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“We know that the need for mental health supports has probably increased,” said Cailleaux. “Foundry…on a provincial level…scaled up planned delivery of virtual services, significantly in response to the pandemic. It was already identified as a need to support youth from across the province to be able to access counselling by phone, or video chat…and they scaled that up really quickly in response to the pandemic and so that has definitely offered youth from Prince George, and beyond another option.” Youth looking for mental health supports can click here for more FoundryBC supports.